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Historical player · 1962–1983 · ★ Hall of Fame 1991

Gaylord Perry

B/T R/R · HT 76 · WT 205 · Born 9/15/1938 · From Williamston, NC USA · Debut 1962-04-14 · Final 1983-09-21

Career · batting

787

1,076

141

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.131 · 0.317

Career · pitching

777

690

5,350.3

W-L

314-265

3,534

ERA

3.11

WHIP

1.18

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1962–1971

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#486 on the Giants

↑ 1 G. Adams

↓ 1 P. Woodruff

Hits

#412 on the Giants

↑ 1 S. Decker

↓ 1 V. Thomas

RBI

#524 on the Giants

↑ 1 G. Alexander

↓ 1 S. Nicosia

Runs

#514 on the Giants

↑ 1 E. Alfonzo

↓ 1 G. Alexander

#623 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Burns

↓ 1 G. Adams

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1972–1975

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#568 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

Hits

#753 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Clingman

↓ 1 J. Zinn

RBI

#692 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Billings

↓ 1 J. Zinn

Runs

#827 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 B. Anderson

#776 on the Indians

↑ 1 L. Alvarado

↓ 1 J. Aguilar

Career with the San Diego Padres · 1978–1979

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#384 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Abrams

Hits

#460 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Baker

↓ 1 J. Vitiello

RBI

#468 on the Padres

↑ 1 S. Alomar

↓ 1 T. Worrell

Runs

#453 on the Padres

↑ 1 M. Alou

↓ 1 E. Alfonzo

#488 on the Padres

↑ 1 M. Alou

↓ 1 R. Wolf

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1981–1981

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#642 on the Braves

↑ 1 M. Aderholt

Hits

#1,004 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Boultes

↓ 1 M. Wisler

RBI

#894 on the Braves

↑ 1 W. Aybar

↓ 1 H. Ynoa

Runs

#1,006 on the Braves

↑ 1 F. Allen

↓ 1 L. Bales

Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1983–1983

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1980–1980

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Career with the Seattle Mariners · 1982–1983

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Career with the Texas Rangers · 1975–1980

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,991 all-time MLB

↑ 1 L. Adams

↓ 1 R. Zimmerman

Hits

141

#5,448 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Alexander

↓ 1 T. Wilson

RBI

#5,939 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Blong

↓ 1 E. Walker

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1962	Giants	NL	13	13	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	0.231	0.231	0.231
1963	Giants	NL	32	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	6	0.222	0.222	0.278
1964	Giants	NL	46	56	0	3	1	0	3	1	23	0.054	0.085	0.071
1965	Giants	NL	49	64	4	10	0	0	2	2	19	0.156	0.194	0.156
1966	Giants	NL	36	86	4	16	1	0	2	1	25	0.186	0.195	0.198
1967	Giants	NL	42	91	2	13	1	0	2	0	28	0.143	0.143	0.154
1968	Giants	NL	39	97	3	11	0	0	3	2	35	0.113	0.131	0.113
1969	Giants	NL	40	117	5	14	1	1	2	4	47	0.120	0.156	0.154
1970	Giants	NL	41	120	7	14	3	1	7	0	47	0.117	0.123	0.167
1971	Giants	NL	38	98	5	10	1	1	4	3	32	0.102	0.129	0.143
1972	Indians	AL	41	110	5	17	2	1	9	5	43	0.155	0.197	0.200
1973	Indians	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Indians	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Indians	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Rangers	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Rangers	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Rangers	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Padres	NL	37	87	5	8	2	0	3	2	31	0.092	0.112	0.115
1979	Padres	NL	32	71	2	6	2	1	2	2	19	0.085	0.110	0.155
1980	Rangers	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Yankees	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Braves	NL	24	48	5	12	2	1	7	0	10	0.250	0.265	0.354
1982	Mariners	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Mariners	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Royals	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			787	1,076	48	141	17	6	47	22	369	0.131	0.153	0.164

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1962	Giants	NL	3	1	13	7	0	43.0	54	25	14	20	5.23	1.58
1963	Giants	NL	1	6	31	4	2	76.0	84	34	29	52	4.03	1.49
1964	Giants	NL	12	11	44	19	5	206.3	179	63	43	155	2.75	1.08
1965	Giants	NL	8	12	47	26	1	195.7	194	91	70	170	4.19	1.35
1966	Giants	NL	21	8	36	35	0	255.7	242	85	40	201	2.99	1.10
1967	Giants	NL	15	17	39	37	1	293.0	231	85	84	230	2.61	1.08
1968	Giants	NL	16	15	39	38	1	291.0	240	79	59	173	2.44	1.03
1969	Giants	NL	19	14	40	39	0	325.3	290	90	91	233	2.49	1.17
1970	Giants	NL	23	13	41	41	0	328.7	292	117	84	214	3.20	1.14
1971	Giants	NL	16	12	37	37	0	280.0	255	86	67	158	2.76	1.15
1972	Indians	AL	24	16	41	40	1	342.7	253	73	82	234	1.92	0.98
1973	Indians	AL	19	19	41	41	0	344.0	315	129	115	238	3.38	1.25
1974	Indians	AL	21	13	37	37	0	322.3	230	90	99	216	2.51	1.02
1975	Indians	AL	6	9	15	15	0	121.7	120	48	34	85	3.55	1.27
1975	Rangers	AL	12	8	22	22	0	184.0	157	62	36	148	3.03	1.05
1976	Rangers	AL	15	14	32	32	0	250.3	232	90	52	143	3.24	1.13
1977	Rangers	AL	15	12	34	34	0	238.0	239	89	56	177	3.37	1.24
1978	Padres	NL	21	6	37	37	0	260.7	241	79	66	154	2.73	1.18
1979	Padres	NL	12	11	32	32	0	232.7	225	79	67	140	3.06	1.26
1980	Rangers	AL	6	9	24	24	0	155.0	159	59	46	107	3.43	1.32
1980	Yankees	AL	4	4	10	8	0	50.7	65	25	18	28	4.44	1.64
1981	Braves	NL	8	9	23	23	0	150.7	182	66	24	60	3.94	1.37
1982	Mariners	AL	10	12	32	32	0	216.7	245	106	54	116	4.40	1.38
1983	Mariners	AL	3	10	16	16	0	102.0	116	56	23	42	4.94	1.36
1983	Royals	AL	4	4	14	14	0	84.3	98	40	26	40	4.27	1.47
Career			314	265	777	690	11	5,350.3	4,938	1,846	1,379	3,534	3.11	1.18

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	777	690	5,350.7	349	877	38	58

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1991	BBWAA	342	333	Inducted
1990	BBWAA	320	333	Ballot
1989	BBWAA	304	336	Ballot